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Michiel van Erp

Een schitterend gebrek (A Beautiful Imperfection)

Director Michiel van Erp Composer Francesco Cerasi Cast Jonah Hauer-King, Sam Hazeldine, Ruth Becquart
Edition 2024
107' - 2024 - Drama - Format: DCP - Dialogue: English
Twenty years ago, Arthur Japin's novel A Beautiful Imperfection won the Libris Literature Prize. Now, it has been adapted into a sumptuous costume drama. Discover the empowering story of Lucia, the first love of 'womanizer' Giacomo Casanova. Sixteen years later, when she has reinvented herself as a veiled courtesan, they rekindle their relationship - without Lucia revealing her true identity.
What determined infamous seducer Giacomo Casanova's view on women? According to Arthur Japin's Libris Literature Prize-winning novel Een schitterend gebrek (translated as In Lucia's Eyes) - the inspiration for the film - it's the womanizer's childhood sweetheart Lucia. The two fall in love as teenagers and promise each other everlasting fidelity, but one day Lucia disappears. Casanova's life collapses. Relentlessly, he embarks on an unstoppable hunt to conquer women - unaware of the fact that Lucia has fled because her face has been disfigured by a virus. Sixteen years later in Amsterdam, she has reinvented herself as a veiled courtesan. The two run into each other again. The flame rekindles. Yet, he can't recognise her. Will Lucia reveal her true identity? Fifteen years ago, Stephen Fry wanted to adapt the novel, then photographer Erwin Olaf stepped in, but when the latter fell ill, he passed the project on to Michiel van Erp, who delivers a sumptuous costume drama.
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Credits

Directors

Michiel van Erp

Composers

Francesco Cerasi

Cast

Jonah Hauer-King, Sam Hazeldine, Ruth Becquart

Scenario

Arthur Japin, Ursula Rani Sarma

Director of Photography

Myrthe Mosterman

Editors

Rebecca Lloyd, Axel Skovdal Roelofs

Producers

Maarten Swart

Production studios

Kaap Holland Film

Distributor

The Searchers

More info

Dialogue

English

Countries of production

Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands

Screenplay based on

"Een schitterend gebrek" (Arthur Japin)

Year

2024

Filmography

Michiel van Erp
Vergeet me niet (2002), Op handen gedragen (2003), Pretpark Nederland (2006), File (2008), Angst (2009), Toen zij van Rotterdam vertrokken (2009), Erwin, Olaf on Beauty and fall (2009), I Am a Woman Now (2011), Postmoderne hutsepot (2012), Een lijk in het bos (2015), MH17: Het verdriet van Nederland (2015), Niemand in de stad (2018), Erwin Olaf The Legacy (2019), De wereld aan je voeten (2019), Stromboli (2022), Een schitterend gebrek (2024)

Technical Specs

Format
DCP